- Armenia will be the official guest of honor this year due to its rich and diverse cultural stock, while Indonesia...
The Sharjah Institute for Heritage (SIH) announced that the festival’s slogan will be "The Heritage and the Future"
A total of 33 countries would participate in the event including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar from GCC
- The reconstruction of Al-Hadba minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city is being carried out by UNESCO in...
After the city was liberated, UNESCO launched in 2018 an ambitious international initiative to “revive the spirit of Mosul”.
The UAE was the first partner to join this UNESCO’s initiative for the restoration and reconstruction of the historic landmarks of Mosul – Al-Nouri Mosque and Al-Hadba minaret.
- Saudi Aramco, the oil company, will establish a coffee center in Jizan while using "advanced irrigation techniques to improve agricultural...
An integral part of Saudi culture, red Khawlani coffee beans are so popular that 2022 has been designated the Year of Saudi Coffee
The government has started a campaign to promote its coffee asking restaurants and cafes to say Saudi coffee instead of Arabic coffee
- Disney saw streaming subscriptions pick up pace as pandemic restrictions ease, while Netflix saw them slow.
Disney+ saw its big studio muscle help it reach 129.8 million subscribers worldwide, some 5 million more than predicted
Netflix ended the year with 221.8 million subscribers, a massive number, but it announced slowing growth
- The initiative is about enlightening people on the matters of their religious jurisprudence and compliance with the hadith of the...
The initiative is about enlightening people on the matters of their religious jurisprudence and compliance with the hadith of the Prophet
The initiative also aims to introduce scholars, mosque pioneers and students of knowledge to jurisprudence and its meanings in Qur’an and Hadith
- Originally entitled "Hey Jules", the Fab Four's hit was written in 1968 by Paul McCartney to comfort a young Julian...
Originally entitled "Hey Jules", the Fab Four's hit was written in 1968 by Paul McCartney to comfort a young Julian Lennon during father John's separation from his mother
The NFT version of the notes was presented as an animation in which the words are progressively inscribed on the page and was accompanied by an audio commentary from Lennon junior
- Kuwait will ban a new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's whodunnit "Death on the Nile" with a cast of Hollywood...
Social media users pointed to Gal Gadot's praise of the Israeli army and her criticism of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas during the 2014 war in Gaza.
Gadot is best known for the lead role in the 2017 Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" which was banned in some Arab countries.
- Four days of festivities are planned for early June, coinciding with the anniversary of her 1953 coronation.
There will be ceremonial gun salutes in London's Green Park, close to Buckingham Palace, and at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland as Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee starts
Elizabeth ll is the first Monarch in history to reach the historic milestone of 70 years on the throne
- The hallmark of the Gulf sultanate, the long and elegant robes Dishdashas, have fallen prey to rising hemlines and elaborate...
Omani ministry set dress code on dishdasha that it should be made mostly out of cotton with embroidery only on the collar, front slit and cuffs. The fabric must be a single color
Anybody caught violating the dress code will be fined 1,000 Omani rials ($2,600), or double that in the case of a second violation













